Effective Use of Edmark Reading

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Effective Use of Edmark Reading

• Kay Osborn

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Edmark Reading Program

• Edmark Reading is designed for students with
  developmental disabilities and for students
  struggling with phonics approaches.
• Edmark Reading Program is a sight word approach.

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Features

• Individualized
• Systematic presentation of information
• Highly repetitive
• Multi-sensory See the words
• Hear the words
• Say the words
• Touch the words

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Student Prerequisites

• Point to or respond in some way to select a
  correct choice from a multiple-choice array
• Say back or sign words
• Have sufficient receptive language to follow
  teacher cues

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Teacher Prerequisites

• No special training required
• Positive, encouraging attitude
• Patience to work slowly and consistently

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Two Levels

• Edmark Reading Program, Level 1
• Teaches 150 words, with comprehension
• Reading Level Kinder through Grade 1
• Edmark Reading Program, Level 2
• Teaches 200 words, with comprehension
• Reading Level Grade 1 through 3

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Why does it work?

• Designed based on strategies that work with
  certain learning styles (individualized,
  systematic, etc.)
• Designed with Applied Behavioral Analysis
  techniques (stimulus shaping, positive
  reinforcement, etc.)

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Time commitment

• One lesson should take 5-15 minutes
• Number of lessons is at the teachers discretion,
  but lessons should be discontinued if fatigue is
  a factor or making successive errors
• Lessons should be daily, minimum 3-4 times a week

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Numbering system

• Lesson Numbers All lessons have a sequential
  number
• Each type of lesson has a number WR, Tests,
  Direction Cards, etc.
• Word Number- each of the 150 words taught has a
  number

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Recordkeeping Student Record Book

• Provides lesson sequence- after a student reaches
  criterion you move on to the next lesson
  indicated in the Student Record Book
• Write in pencil
• Record date and errors
• Valuable information for IEPs, data based
  decision making
• Should go with student when they transfer

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Instructional Components, Level 1

• 2 types of tests
• Discrimination, Pre/post-tests
• 5 kinds of lessons
• Pre-reading Lesson
• Word Recognition Lessons
• Direction Card Lessons
• Picture/Phrase Lessons
• Story Book Lessons

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Pre-reading Lessons

• Teaches visual discrimination
• Student demonstrates the ability to match
  identical configurations
• Student is not required to name objects, words,
  letters
• Correction procedure - 3 chances allowed, if a
  student misses an answer, cover up that answer
  and ask again
• Criterion - no more than 4 errors
• Recordkeeping - Record date and errors

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Discrimination Test (How to determine where to
start a student in the program)

• Start with Discrimination Test, Lesson 9
• If a student has more than 4 errors the student
  should start on Lesson 1, Pre-Reading
• If a student has fewer than 4 errors, move to
  Pre-Test 1, Lesson 10

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Pre-Test and Post-Test

• One Pre-test in Level 1, Lesson 10
• Check words missed
• Post-tests are given after every 10 Word
  Recognition Lessons
• Write in words missed
• Criterion No errors
• The letter and number in parentheses refer to the
  lesson where the number is originally taught

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For your consideration

• For students already using Edmark Reading Program
  a master pre/post test is included in the packet.
  This is designed by the presenter and not part
  of the Edmark Reading Program. It is useful in
  determining placement, regression, and present
  levels of functioning for those students already
  using Edmark Reading Program.

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Word Recognition Lesson

• Teaches one word per lesson till lesson 60, then
  2 words per lesson and plurals, plus word
  endings -ed, -ing
• Two student responses
• Multiple choice frames - student points to
  the word and reads it
• Read back frames - student reads the word
  aloud

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WR codes in left margin

• Asterisk means it is a readback frame - teacher
  says Read it
• A, B, C means it is a multiple choice frame.
• The first column on the left is A, the second is
  B and the third is C. The teacher says, Show me
  _____(A, B, C)___.
• If there is no code, there is only one obvious
  choice.

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Numbers on left

• wr19-3b
• Means Word Recognition Lesson 19
• Frame 3
• Column b
• Teacher says Show me green.

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WR- Word Recognition

• Each word is repeated enough times throughout the
  program to give permanent acquisition. There is
  systematic repetition of learned words.
• Criterion - No more than 4 errors
• Recordkeeping - Write in word errors and date

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Sequential Progression

• The teacher can decide if the student needs to
  spend more time on a lesson or would progress
  better by skipping a particularly troublesome
  lesson
• If you choose to skip a lesson and let the
  student do the next lesson, make sure to return
  to the problem lesson and meet the criterion on
  it.

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Picture / Phrase Card Lesson

• Teaches comprehension by matching pictures to
  phrases
• The Picture/Phrase card is in front of the
  student with the stacked phrase cards
• The student reads the phrase card aloud and
  matches it to the correct picture
• Criterion No errors
• Record keeping - date and letter of the phrase
  missed

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Direction Card Lesson

• Teaches comprehension by having the student read
  Direction Card and match an illustration
• Teacher lays Direction Card in front of student
  and spreads out Illustrations. The teacher has
  the student read the words in box 1 and put the
  matching illustrations in that box.
• Criterion - no errors
• Recordkeeping - write the date and the boxes
  missed

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Story Book Lesson

• Systematic use of words in regular reading format
• Student reads the story aloud
• Criterion - No criterion for Story Book Lessons
• Recordkeeping - Record date and word errors

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Program Support Materials

• Supplemental Stories - Extra reading practice.
  Use as teacher sees the need.
• Signing Manual - Gives the sign for all words
  taught in the program.

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Class Room Set Up

• For distractible students face present the lesson
  with them facing away from class room activities
• Tilt boards are very useful for Word Recognition
  Lessons
• Have lessons organized so students dont wait
  while you gather papers

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Motivation -

• Reward success!
• Build rewards into your classroom behavior
  program
• Have students read to parents and administration.
• Be proud!

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Organizational Ideas

• For ease of reaching the materials and grouping
  students the Edmark Reading Program can be
  divided into 4 pieces and stored in magazine
  holders. Attached is the materials division. The
  Story Book Lessons are the only piece that must
  be shared.

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Organizational Ideas

• Another way to access Edmark Reading Program is
  to use hanging files in a portable file.
• Picture Phrase Cards can be stored in a 3 ring
  binder for easy access

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Organizational Ideas

• If you get a new kit, Direction Cards and Picture
  Phrase Cards come in solid sheets to be
  perforated. Before you perforate them, you might
  want to use different colored highlighter to
  mark on the back on solid pieces before you
  separate the pieces for easier grouping.
• Over 600 little pieces of paper in the kit!

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Edmark Reading Program, Level 2

• Teaches 200 new words
• Reviews 150 words from Level 1
• Teaches compound words

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Instructional Components, Level 2

• Four types of lessons
• Pre-test / Review
• Word Recognition Lessons
• Picture / Phrase Cards
• Story Book Lessons

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Materials

• Pro-Ed
• Edmark Reading Program Level 1 475
• Edmark Reading Program Level 2 475
• Other recommended reading resources
• Effective Literacy Instruction for Students with
  Moderate or Severe Disabilities, Copeland Keefe
• Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome,
  Oelwein

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Supplemental Materials- Available Separately

• Edmark Reading Program Software -
• Can be used independently or in correlation with
  the print curriculum.
• Positives - Visually and auditorily interesting,
  students can record their own voice reading,
  automatic record keeping, kids like it, strong
  reinforcer for words learned
• Be sure to teach Call your teacher and do not
  let the students learn the code to make
  adjustments.
• Compatible with TouchWindow, mouse, alternate
  keyboard, single switch

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Supplemental Materials - Continued

• Supplemental Worksheets
• 286 blackline masters providing practice using
  Edmark words in cutting and pasting, drawing
  lines from words to matching illustrations,
  circling words to match illustrations and
  underlining words to match illustrations.

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Supplemental Materials- Continued

• Edmark Bingo - game format for teaching the words
  learned. Students on different levels can play
  the game at the same time.
• Edmark Homework - activities to do at home and
  encourage parent involvement
• Edmark Spelling Teaches the spelling of Edmark
  words through the activities of writing, filling
  in missing letters, drawing, writing a dictionary
  definition.

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Edmark Functional Word Series

• Teaches 400 useful sight words using the same
  method
• Signs Around You
• Fast Food / Restaurant Words
• Grocery Words
• Job / Work Words
• Available separately from Pro-Ed